AP Literature & Composition
This page is dedicated to the summer assignments for students enrolled in AP Literature and Composition at Morris Hills High School and Morris Knolls High School. Please be advised that while the assignment is the same, the text selections are different at each school. All texts will be covered during the school year at both high schools. Please scroll down to your school for titles.
***These assignments are to be completed in addition to the Districtwide Assignment***
The Assignment
***ALL STUDENTS***
Morris Knolls High School
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
Beloved, novel by Toni Morrison, and winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction examines the destructive legacy of slavery as it chronicles the life of Sethe, from her pre-Civil War days as a slave in Kentucky to her time in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1873. Although Sethe lives there as a free woman, she is held prisoner by memories of the trauma of her life as a slave.
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
by Thomas C. Foster
A lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.
Click on the book's image to access a free PDF file that you may annotate using KAMI. You may also purchase your own copy of the book and write your annotations within or borrow a copy from the library and annotate using post-it notes. Please refer to the "Successful Annotating" page for resources, tutorials, and expectations.
Morris Hills High School
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte
The novel follows the story of Jane, a seemingly plain and simple girl as she battles through life's struggles. Jane has many obstacles in her life - her cruel and abusive Aunt Reed, the grim conditions at Lowood school, her love for Rochester and Rochester's marriage to Bertha.
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
by Thomas C. Foster
A lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.
Click on the book's image to access a free PDF file that you may annotate using KAMI. You may also purchase your own copy of the book and write your annotations within or borrow a copy from the library and annotate using post-it notes. Please refer to the "Successful Annotating" page for resources, tutorials, and expectations.
Looking for more? Check out the additional AP Literature texts below!
AP Titles to 2021.pdfQuestions?
Morris Hills Students: (Mrs. Edelstein) ledelstein@mhrd.org
Morris Knolls Students: (Ms. Mazur) jmazur@mhrd.org or (Mrs. Immediato) nimmediato@mhrd.org